80Form of consent

80 Form of consent

80 Form of consent

(1) For the purposes of section 61 (1) of the Act, the instrument for general consent to the adoption of a child (other than a consent referred to in subclause (2) or (3)) is to be in the form approved by the Secretary and is to contain the following information—

(a) the full name of the person consenting to the adoption,

(b) the address of that person,

(c) the relationship of the person to the child (mother, father or guardian),

(d) the full name of the child,

(e) the date and place of birth of the child,

(f) a statement as to whether the person consenting to the adoption requests and authorises the Secretary (or, if applicable, a principal officer) to make arrangements for the adoption of the child,

(g) a statement of the right of the person to revoke his or her consent and—

(i) if the person is a child—a statement that he or she may revoke consent at any time before the adoption order is made, and

(ii) if the person is an adult—a statement that he or she may revoke consent only within the period of 30 days beginning on the day on which he or she signs the instrument,

(h) a statement as to when the Secretary or appropriate principal officer gave the person the mandatory written information,

(i) if the person is consenting to the adoption of an Aboriginal child or a Torres Strait Islander child—a statement of when the person received the adoption counselling or information referred to in section 64 (1) or 65 (1) of the Act,

(j) a statement as to when the person was counselled in accordance with section 63 of the Act.

Note.

Under section 63 of the Act a person must be counselled on the legal effect of signing the consent and the procedure for revoking consent before signing the consent form. The counsellor is required by section 61 of the Act to certify on the form of consent that the person has been counselled and that the counsellor is of the opinion that he or she understands the effect of signing.

(2) For the purposes of section 61 (1) of the Act, the instrument for general consent to the adoption of a non-citizen or other child of whom the Secretary has guardianship (otherwise than under section 75 (7) of the Act) is to contain the following information—